Angst-Filled Novels!! The Female Lead Suffers First, Then the Male Lead 虐文！！前虐女主后男主
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I Married the Wrong Man and Died Tragically, Now Beijing's Elite Weep for Me 我错嫁惨死，京圈大佬为我哭红眼
The day Shen Xiwei died was the very day Pei Yunxiao got married! Pei Yunxiao was the son of the Shen family’s chauffeur. Feeling sorry for his poor circumstances, Shen Xiwei let him ride to school with her in her Maybach, gave him a card to use, showered him with expensive luxury goods, and handed him the company her father had left behind. He spent her money and enjoyed everything she gave him, yet dated someone else. He treated his girlfriend like a princess but ordered Shen Xiwei around like
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No Forgiveness, No Getting Back Together: Miss Su Is Thriving on Her Own 不原谅，不复合，苏小姐独美
After six years together, Jiang Yihuai puts an arm around his new flame and breaks up with her. Su Yumian makes no fuss. She packs her suitcase, takes the enormous breakup settlement, and moves out without hesitation. His friends all egg him on: “How long do you think Su Yumian will last this time?” Everyone in the capital knows she loves Jiang Yihuai desperately, so much that she has no pride or temper. She’ll come crawling back within three days, for sure. But three months pass… And she still
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I Offer My Devotion to the Passing Years 以我深情祭岁月
[The physical book with the same title is now available] “I hesitated once. I turned back to face the slightest glimmer of hope, yet no one cared.” “Later, a thick fog rolled in. You said you loved me so much, but why was your love thinner than the fog, so faint I could barely see it?” Shen Nian
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Three Escapes by a Beauty 美人三逃
(Possessive love + unhinged male lead + transmigrated female lead) Mad dog male lead × female lead he gradually drives mad Jiang Yuan ran away three times. The first time was when she learned that Pei Jing only intended to take her as a concubine. The second was after she pretended to be docile and obedient, successfully earning Pei Jing’s trust. The third was on the eve of their wedding. Unfortunately, fate played cruel tricks on her. She failed all three times, and Pei Jing grew more and more
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Mr. Qi, May We Never Meet Again! 祁先生，后会无期！
[Short drama now streaming] Guan Min died saving Guan Hua. Gentle and kind, Guan Min made rebellious Guan Hua look like a complete delinquent. Guan Hua, with her terrible reputation, made Qi Zhanzhi, who loved Guan Min, marry her. Gripping her by the throat, Qi Zhanzhi snarled, “Why couldn’t it have been you who died!” But later, Qi Zhanzhi climbed the mountain on his knees, bowing at every step until he reached Qiyuan Palace. Before the statue of the Buddha Tathagata of the Three Treasures, he
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The Sad Little Thing Called Unrequited Love 暗恋这件难过的小事
Lin Xu has a crush on the popular boy Ye Feng, and she remembers countless little details about him. Every day, Lin Xu times her departure down to the second, getting dressed and putting on her shoes in a hurry, all for the chance to catch a fleeting glimpse of his back. The music playing during the long break outside her classroom is Xu Song’s “Moon over Luzhou.” Lin Xu knows it’s the favorite song of Ye Feng, the school radio station’s announcer. Lin Xu has even stayed up all night organizing
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The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟
Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred
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Mr. Gu, Please Stop Torturing Me. Your Wife Is Dying 顾总求你别虐，夫人她快死了
Complete [Angst and suffering + obsessive possessiveness + a groveling pursuit after the breakup] Su Jiameng saves Gu Chengli twice: first by carrying him out of a fire, then by donating bone marrow to cure his leukemia. In return, he tells her, “I'll make you wish you were dead!” Gu Chengli is convinced she killed the woman he loved. He hates the autistic son she gave birth to and resents her for taking the place of Mrs. Gu! Only when she jumps from a towering building does he realize that the
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Love That Cuts to the Bone 蚀骨虐情
[Tragic Romance]+ [The Husband’s Long Road to Redemption] Ruan Yunzheng loved Fu Yinghan deeply. But when his only sister was harmed and all fingers pointed at her, he sentenced her to death without hesitation! He tormented her relentlessly, body and soul, but she never gave in! Only when she was on the brink of death and explained one last time that she hadn’t done it, and he still refused to believe her, did she finally give up on him! So this man’s heart really was made of stone! When news ca
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My Lord, the Princess Consort Says She’ll Never See You Again 王爷，王妃说此生不复相见
[Historical Romance Tragedy + No Getting Back Together + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead] A tragic romance! A tragic romance! A tragic romance! Ye Chuyan loved Pei Xiuyan for twelve years, but never moved him in the slightest. All she got in return was Pei Xiuyan wiping out the Ye family and having her father and brothers tortured to death over three days in the snow. At last, she understood: for the rest of her life, there would be no love between her and Pei Xiuyan, only hatred, until one o
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The Bride Who Took Her Place: Her Husband Returns After Three Years Missing 替嫁娇妻，失踪三年的老公忽然回来了
Xia Nuanxin took her sister’s place in an arranged marriage. She thought it would be a marriage in name only, but her “husband,” who had been missing for three years, suddenly came back. She was so startled that she turned to run, but the man cornered her against the wall. “What’s wrong? So excited to see me?” Xia Nuanxin forced a smile. “Of course! I’ve been counting the days until you came home.” “Heh...” The man lifted her chin with his long fingers. “In that case, I’ll grant you that little
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Master Mo, Your Wife Is Asking for a Divorce Again 墨爷，夫人又提离婚了
Synopsis: (Marriage first, love later + groveling chase to win his wife back + sweet romance) Mo Beiye is a powerful figure in Kyoto who controls the lifeblood of the national economy. Resentful of his grandfather’s arranged marriage, he wants nothing to do with the woman whose name is on his marriage certificate. More than a year after registering their marriage, he has never even met her. What he doesn’t know is that his wife is the woman he’s been longing for all along. An Yan is clear-eyed a
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After the Divorce, Mr. Li Lost All Shame Again 离婚后，厉总他又不要脸了
(The novel is complete.) [The Husband Chases His Wife to the Crematorium / Mutual First Love / Rekindled Romance / Mutual Secret Crush] (Reserved and Resilient Painter vs. Proud, Devoted CEO) After a year of marriage, Ye Shuyan finally watched his dream girl marry an abusive trust-fund heir. She promptly turned around and asked Li Sicheng for a divorce. After the divorce, she lived by one principle: stay away from men and put her career first. She would shine all on her own. Scene One: Mr. L
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I've Become a Buddha, Do Not Disturb 我成佛了，勿扰
Jiang Wanyu died after a brick fell on her while she was working at a construction site. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the heroine of a torturous cultivation novel. From the start, she was thrown into hell mode, caught by the white-moonlight rival while confessing her love for the male lead's master. “...” Her master asked, “Do you know what you did wrong?” Her senior brothers, the male supporting characters, cried, “Junior Sister, hurry up and admit your mistake!” The whi
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I'm Done Being an ATM. The School Beauty's Whole Family Is Freaking Out 提款机不当了，校花儿全家急疯了
After pursuing Tang Yue for eight years, Jiang Lin finally won her heart. He spent his life working toward a happy home with his wife and children, and built up a fortune worth billions. Only on his deathbed did he learn that his two sons were actually Tang Yue’s children with the man she had always loved, and that he had spent his entire life doing all the work for someone else to reap the rewards. The two sons he had raised with such care pulled out his oxygen mask with their own hands. Tang Y
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My Husband Was Paralyzed from the Start, So I Turned Things Around by Farming 开局老公瘫了，靠种田翻盘
Lu Heng is gravely injured and paralyzed. The family of the woman he was engaged to refuses to return the betrothal gifts, so they send a different bride instead. He knows his new wife had a high fever that left her a little simple-minded, and that the Lin family treated her badly. He plans to take good care of her after she moves in, then let her go when the time comes. But can someone explain how, on their wedding night, before his injuries have even healed, his simple-minded wife nearly devou
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On My Wedding Night, I Revived a Comatose Tycoon 新婚夜，我救活了植物人大佬
[Marriage First, Love Later] [Sweet Romance] [Age Gap] [Scheming Male Lead] Jiang Yan grew up in a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. From childhood, she studied medicine under her grandparents, both seasoned physicians, and mastered the art of acupuncture. However, fate had other plans. Her father's company was on the brink of collapse, and to save it, she was forced to marry Lu Jingming, a business genius who had been left in a vegetative state by a car accident. Known for h
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Master, Your Princess Consort Is an All-Rounder 爷，王妃是个全能大佬
[Secret identities + revenge + strong heroine] A modern woman with a PhD in engineering transmigrates and becomes an abandoned consort? Then a scumbag man severs the tendons in her hands and feet, turning a peerless master into a good-for-nothing? No matter. Watch her turn the tables and torment the scumbags in all sorts of ways! With silver needles in hand, she can overcome gods and ghosts. Whether she saves or kills is up to her in an instant! She takes back the Gu spirit and raises Gu as trea
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Even Heaven's Will Dares Not Provoke Her, Yet You Stole Her Divine Bone 天道都不敢惹她，你居然夺她神骨
In her previous life, she was the God Realm’s strongest goddess of war. Her brilliance shone too brightly, so she was cruelly set up on her wedding night. Her divine bones were ripped out, her bloodline stolen, and her loved ones murdered! When she awakens, she has been reborn in the body of a concubine-born daughter from a small family on a low-level continent. She thought that without her divine and demonic bloodlines, her cultivation speed would be far slower than before. Unexpectedly, she tu
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